RFQ SP7000-20-Q-1036.docx

SP7000-20-Q-1036

General

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 – Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, in conjunction with FAR Part 13, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) number SP7000-20-Q-1036.

This notice incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2020-06 effective 06-05-2020, and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) DPN 20200605 edition, and Defense Logistics Acquisition Directive (DLAD) revised October 14, 2019, PROCLTR19-19.

The Government anticipates awarding one firm fixed price contract to the vendor that submits the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) quote. Inspection and acceptance will occur at FOB destination. Defense Priorities and Allocations Systems (DPAS) are not applicable to this solicitation. Any award resulting from this solicitation will be issued on a Standard Form (SF) 1449.

This procurement is set aside for small business only. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 811212. The small business size standard is $30,000,000.00. The Federal Supply Class code is J074.

Requirement Description

DCSO seeks to enter into a contract that supports 2 multi-functional devices for up to 48 months.

Estimated Period of Performance

Important Dates Solicitation Close Date: 06/25/2020 no later than 10:00 AM Eastern.

Submit your quote on or before the due date stated above to the Government points of contact arina.zaitseva@dla.mil and bryan.falcone@dla.mil (via e-mail).

FAR 52.212-1 Addendum

Quotes must be submitted electronically only to the points of contacts listed above. Quotes must be submitted in English and in United States Dollars. It is the vendor’s responsibility to ensure that their electronic correspondence and/or quote information has been received by the Government.

Please submit the quote with the following information:

PLEASE NOTE FAILURE TO SUBMIT ANY OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION MAY RESULT IN A NON-RESPONSIVE DETERMINATION:

Evaluation Criteria

The evaluation method that will be utilized is Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) in accordance with FAR 15.101-2. Award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of quotes meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. Tradeoffs are not permitted. Quotes are evaluated for acceptability but not ranked using the non-cost/price factors. The evaluation criteria are as follows: Price, Technical Capability, and Past Performance.

Provision FAR 52.212-2 – EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Price

Technical Capability

Past Performance

Technical and past performance, when combined, are not applicable, lowest price technically acceptable evaluation method will be utilized.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

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Price

The contractor must submit a single unit price for each line item listed in the solicitation, and a total price. The total price will be used to evaluate the lowest priced quote. Complete and submit pricing with your response. (Attachment 1)

Technical Requirements

The contractor should include part numbers on their quote or provide a separate list of part numbers to determine if their quote is technically acceptable. (Attachment 5)

Past Performance

Past performance will be reviewed in accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b) Evaluation procedures. The contracting officer will at a minimum review the System for Award Management (SAM), Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), and Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS).

Clauses Incorporated by Reference

FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) (IAW FAR 52.107(b)) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address:

Regulations URLs: (Click on the appropriate regulation.)

http://acquistion.gov

NOTE: After selecting the appropriate regulation above, at the "Table of Contents" page, conduct a search for the desired regulation reference using your browser's FIND function. When located, click on the regulation reference (hyperlink).

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FAR 52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000)

FAR 52.204-9 PERSONAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION (JAN 2011)

FAR 52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (AUG 2019

FAR 52.204-25 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR CERTAIN TELECOMMUINCATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (AUG 2019)

FAR 52.204-26 COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES-REPRESENTATIVE (DEC 2019)

FAR 52.213-4 TERMS AND CONDITIONS-SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS (OTHER THAN COMMERICAL ITEMS) (AUG 2019)

FAR 52.222-50 COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (MAR 2015)

FAR 52.239-1 PRIVACY OR SECURITY SAFEGUARDS (AUG 1996)

DFARS 252.203-7002 REQUIREMENT TO INFORM EMPLOYEES OF WHISTLEBLOWER

RIGHTS (SEP 2013)

DFARS 252.204-7003 CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL WORK PRODUCT (APR 1992)

DFARS 252.204-7012 SAFEGUARDING COVERED DEFENSE INFORMATION AND CYBER

INCIDENT REPORTING (OCT 2016)

DFARS 252.204-7015 NOTICE OF AUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FOR

LITIGATION

DFARS 252.223-7008 PROHIBITION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM (JUN 2013)

DFARS 252.225-7048 EXPORT-CONTROLLED ITEMS (JUN 2013)

DFARS 252.225-7052 RESTRICTION ON THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN MAGNETS AND TUNGSTEN Acquisition of (DEC 2019)

DFARS 252.225-7974 – REPRESENTATION REGARDING BUSINESS OPERATIONS WITH THE MADURO REGIME (Deviation 2020-O0005).

DFARS 252.232-7010 LEVIES ON CONTRACT PAYMENTS (DEC 2006)

DFARS 252.239-7010 CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES (OCT 2016)

DFARS 252.239-7016 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECURITY EQUIPMENT, DEVICES,

TECHNIQUES, AND SERVICES (DEC 1991)

DFARS 252.239-7018 SUPPLY CHAIN RISK (OCT 2015)

DFARS 252.244-7000 SUBCONTRACTS FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUN 2013)

DFARS 252.247-7023 TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES BY SEA—BASIC

DLAD 52.204-9000 CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS (JUL 2015)

Full Text Clauses

252.225-7052 Restriction on the Acquisition of Certain Magnets, Tantalum, and Tungsten. (DEVIATION 2020-O0006)

Unless acquiring items outside the United States for use outside the United States or a non-availability determination has been made in accordance with 225.7018, use the following clause in solicitations and contracts, including solicitations and contracts using FAR part 12 procedures for the acquisition of commercial items, that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold:

RESTRICTION ON THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN MAGNETS, TANTALUM, AND TUNGSTEN (DEVIATION 2020-O0006) (FEB 2020)

“Electronic device” means an item that operates by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles in circuits, using interconnections such as resistors, inductors, capacitors, diodes, switches, transistors, or integrated circuits.

“End item” means the final production product when assembled or completed and ready for delivery under a line item of this contract.

“Subsystem” means a functional grouping of items that combine to perform a major function within an end item, such as electrical power, attitude control, and propulsion.

“Tungsten heavy alloy” means a tungsten base pseudo alloy that—

(1) Meets the specifications of ASTM B777 or SAE-AMS-T-21014 for a particular class of tungsten heavy alloy; or

(2) Contains at least 90 percent tungsten in a matrix of other metals (such as nickel-iron or nickel-copper) and has density of at least 16.5 g/cm3).

(2)(i) For samarium-cobalt magnets and neodymium iron-boron magnets, this restriction includes—

(A) Melting samarium with cobalt to produce the samarium-cobalt alloy or melting neodymium with iron and boron to produce the neodymium-iron-boron alloy; and

(B) All subsequent phases of production of the magnets, such as powder formation, pressing, sintering or bonding, and magnetization.

(ii) The restriction on melting and producing of samarium-cobalt magnets is in addition to any applicable restrictions on melting of specialty metals if the clause at 252.225-7009, Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals, is included in the contract.

(3) If the authorized agency official concerned has made a nonavailability determination, in accordance with section 225.7018-4 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, that compliant covered materials of satisfactory quality and quantity, in the required form, cannot be procured as and when needed at a reasonable price.

(i) For tantalum metal, tantalum alloy, and tungsten heavy alloy, the term “required form” refers to the form of the mill product, such as bar, billet, wire, slab, plate, or sheet, in the grade appropriate for the production of a finished end item to be delivered to the Government under this contract; or a finished component assembled into an end item to be delivered to the Government under the contract.

(ii) For samarium-cobalt magnets or neodymium-iron-boron magnets, the term “required form” refers to the form and properties of the magnets.

(d) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in subcontracts and other contractual instruments that are for items containing a covered material, including subcontracts and other contractual instruments for commercial items, unless an exception in paragraph (c) of this clause applies. The Contractor shall not alter this clause other than to identify the appropriate parties.

(End of clause) 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (DEC 2018) DFARS

252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (MAY 2013) DFARS

As prescribed in 232.7004(b), use the following clause:

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause- “Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

“Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

“Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system is the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall-

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.acquisition.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor must use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract/order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall use the following document type(s).

2-in-1 (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable document type(s).

Note: If a “Combo” document type is identified but not supportable by the Contractor's business systems, an “Invoice” (stand-alone) and “Receiving Report” (stand-alone) document type may be used instead.)

(2) Inspection/acceptance location. The Contractor shall select the following inspection/acceptance location(s) in WAWF, as specified by the contracting officer.

DESTINATION

(Contracting Officer: Insert inspection and acceptance locations or “Not applicable.”)

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Routing Data Table*

Inspect By DoDAAC

Ship From Code

Mark For Code

Service Approver (DoDAAC)

SA7031

Service Accept (DoDAAC)

SA7031

LPO DoDAAC

DCAA Auditor DoDAAC

Other DoDAAC(s)

(*Contracting Officer: Insert applicable DoDAAC information or “See schedule” if multiple ship to/acceptance locations apply, or “Not applicable.”)

(4) Payment request and supporting documentation. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes appropriate contract line item and subline item descriptions of the work performed or supplies delivered, unit price/cost per unit, fee (if applicable), and all relevant backup documentation, as defined in DFARS Appendix F, (e.g. timesheets) in support of each payment request.

(5) WAWF email notifications. The Contractor shall enter the e-mail address identified below in the “Send Additional Email Notifications” field of WAWF once a document is submitted in the system.

Pamela.holmes@dla.mil (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable email addresses or “Not applicable.”)

(g) WAWF point of contact.

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity's WAWF point of contact.

disa.ogden.esd.mbx.cscassig@mail.mil (Contracting Officer: Insert applicable information or “Not applicable.”)

(2) For technical WAWF help, contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988.

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Provisions Incorporated by Reference

FAR 52.252-1 SOLICITATIONS PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This solicitation incorporated one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: Regulations URLs: (Click on the appropriate regulation.)

http://acquistion.gov

NOTE: After selecting the appropriate regulation above, at the "Table of Contents" page conduct a search for the desired regulation reference, using your browser's FIND function. When located, click on the regulation reference (hyperlink).

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DFARS 252.204-7004 ALTERNATE A, SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (FEB 2014)

DFARS 252.204-7008 COMPLIANCE WITH SAFEGUARDING COVERED DEFENSE

INFORMATION CONTROLS (OCT 2016)

DFARS 252.239-7017 NOTICE OF SUPPLY CHAIN RISK (NOV 2013)

Full Text Provisions

Provisions/Clauses

DFARS 252.239-7009 REPRESENTATION OF USE OF CLOUD COMPUTING (SEP 2015)

(a) Definition. “Cloud computing,” as used in this provision, means a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. This includes other commercial terms, such as on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and measured service. It also includes commercial offerings for software-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service, and platform-as-a-service.

(b) The Offeror shall indicate by checking the appropriate blank in paragraph (c) of this provision whether the use of cloud computing is anticipated under the resultant contract.

(c) Representation. The Offeror represents that it— _____ Does anticipate that cloud computing services will be used in the performance of any contract or subcontract resulting from this solicitation.

_____ Does not anticipate that cloud computing services will be used in the performance of any contract or subcontract resulting from this solicitation.

(End of Provision) DFAR 252.225-7974 – REPRESENTATION REGARDING PERSON that have BUSINESS OPERATIONS with the MADURO REGIME (Deviation 2020-O0005)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

(b) Prohibition. In accordance with section 890 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub. L. 116-92), contracting officers are prohibited from entering into a contract for the procurement of products or services with any person that has business operations with an authority of the government of Venezuela that is not recognized as the legitimate government of Venezuela by the United States Government, unless the person has a valid license to operate in Venezuela issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.

(c) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that the Offeror—

(1) Does not have any business operations with an authority of the Maduro regime or the government of Venezuela that is not recognized as the legitimate government of Venezuela by the United States Government; or

(2) Has a valid license to operate in Venezuela issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.

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